November 2011

Much is being said these days about critical thinking. We offer multiple Teaching Seminars and Workshops on it each year. It’s a common mantra of the Learning Communities and First-Year Experience initiatives. It’s also a common complaint of faculty that … Continue reading →

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Here it is, the end of yet another semester. As with the semesters prior to this one, this is the time that I start planning the upcoming tours for the next season. This semester’s wasn’t as well attended as I’d hoped–a big part of that is thanks to the ongoing technical issues we’re having on campus with the firewall–but if […]Continue reading →

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Sandra Rogers, who has taught in the Department of Developmental Studies and worked with the English Language Center, recently developed a screencast on how to create a Personal Learning Environment using a wiki. We thought you might find it interesting.

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Image by Kevin Spear There have been a variety of studies in recent years looking at student motivation in online courses. The primary challenge, most agree, is building a sense of community that engages students in the learning experience. … Continue reading →

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With the expansion of education into online environment, one of the challenges an instructor faces is seemingly impersonal character of online learning. To overcome this barrier, instructors record their lectures, presentations, notes and feedback and publish them in their courses … Continue reading →

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Michael Black, Senior Instructor in the Computer & Information Sciences Department, shared his first impressions on teaching in Sakai at a workshop on October 28, 2011. As an early adopter, Black began teaching in Sakai during the 2011 summer semester. … Continue reading →